Meaning not yet researched.
Ryker: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,003 in 2025. Its best rank was #122 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #122 in 2018; #183 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Ryker in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#183 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #122.
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Ryker: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,003 boys in 2025. Peak: #122 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 3,247 (2018).
In 2025, 2,003 US boys were named Ryker, making it the 183rd most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 2,024 boys named Ryker in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #122, reached in 2018. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,247. For comparison, it was #149 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ryker in 44 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1970 with 6 babies. In all, 41,784 US babies have been given the name, 1.4% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 24,220 babies named Ryker.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 25,117 US boys were named Ryker; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 3,247. In 2025 that was about 1 in 853 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ryker ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #38 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 13 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Riker (1,258 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rykker, Rykar and Rekker are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rykker (138), Rykar (100), Rekker (21), Ryeker (12), Recker (6), Reiker (5), Rieker (5), Rykir (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ryker in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 36 | #38 | #71 |
| Kentucky | 79 | #53 | #121 |
| Wyoming | 8 | #61 | #9 |
| South Dakota | 18 | #63 | #32 |
| Montana | 16 | #75 | #35 |
| Iowa | 43 | #81 | #26 |
| North Dakota | 14 | #82 | #32 |
| Oklahoma | 49 | #85 | #48 |
| Arkansas | 36 | #91 | #82 |
| Missouri | 69 | #94 | #73 |
| Idaho | 26 | #96 | #15 |
| Mississippi | 30 | #96 | #188 |
| Nebraska | 26 | #97 | #27 |
| Kansas | 36 | #105 | #58 |
| Ohio | 125 | #107 | #131 |
| Alabama | 47 | #112 | #167 |
| Maine | 12 | #116 | #74 |
| Colorado | 58 | #122 | #80 |
| Tennessee | 76 | #126 | #133 |
| Minnesota | 52 | #126 | #100 |
| Utah | 41 | #127 | #28 |
| Indiana | 64 | #130 | #103 |
| Wisconsin | 46 | #134 | #88 |
| Washington | 61 | #134 | #94 |
| Michigan | 71 | #142 | #128 |
| Oregon | 28 | #153 | #127 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #174 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 73 | #177 | #193 |
| Virginia | 51 | #181 | #243 |
| Arizona | 48 | #182 | #125 |
| Nevada | 17 | #182 | #134 |
| Georgia | 65 | #191 | #289 |
| South Carolina | 29 | #198 | #217 |
| Louisiana | 25 | #209 | #216 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #223 | #109 |
| Illinois | 52 | #227 | #158 |
| Florida | 83 | #248 | #226 |
| North Carolina | 48 | #263 | #162 |
| Texas | 144 | #272 | #237 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #303 | #255 |
| Maryland | 17 | #327 | #243 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | #344 | #266 |
| New York | 51 | #347 | #426 |
| California | 75 | #431 | #326 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #561 | #441 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #693 | #654 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,336 | 2,003 | #183 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,879 | 2,024 | #183 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,542 | 1,986 | #184 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,267 | 2,159 | #175 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,925 | 2,495 | #153 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,534 | 2,483 | #148 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,542 | 2,825 | #135 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,605 | 3,247 | #122 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,057 | 3,088 | #131 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,573 | 2,807 | #148 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,338 | 2,769 | #149 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,361 | 2,678 | #153 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,520 | 2,486 | #164 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,687 | 1,655 | #219 |
| 2011 | 15 | #8,126 | 1,294 | #271 |
| 2010 | 5 | #19,294 | 1,030 | #310 |
| 2009 | — | — | 883 | #354 |
| 2008 | — | — | 704 | #418 |
| 2007 | — | — | 480 | #535 |
| 2006 | — | — | 376 | #629 |
| 2005 | — | — | 283 | #719 |
| 2004 | — | — | 230 | #786 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,842 | 175 | #941 |
| 2002 | — | — | 142 | #1,070 |
| 2001 | — | — | 118 | #1,170 |
| 2000 | — | — | 97 | #1,331 |
| 1999 | — | — | 95 | #1,290 |
| 1998 | — | — | 100 | #1,230 |
| 1997 | — | — | 69 | #1,517 |
| 1996 | — | — | 65 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | — | — | 76 | #1,358 |
| 1994 | — | — | 80 | #1,310 |
| 1993 | — | — | 50 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | — | — | 50 | #1,724 |
| 1991 | — | — | 26 | #2,670 |
| 1990 | — | — | 12 | #4,625 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,233 |
| 1988 | — | — | 13 | #3,867 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #5,981 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,818 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #5,060 |
| 1973 | — | — | 5 | #5,742 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #5,521 |
| 1970 | — | — | 6 | #4,631 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).